Class of 2013

Dr Henry Lee: On Forensics and Foreignness

Asian/Asian American (AAA) House presents an evening with forensic expert Dr. Henry Lee, who has worked on numerous high-profile crime cases, including the JonBenet Ramsey murder, the O.J. Simpson case, and the reinvestigation of John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
Dr. Lee was born in China and grew up in Taiwan, where [...]

Tuesday, November 3 in the Chapel at 8:00 p.m.

Four weeks before the nations meet in Copenhagen to try to avert global catastrophe, Mr. Blakemore will identify many often surprising psychological factors at play as people in all walks of life deal with the latest “hard news” on climate.
He’ll explore new definitions of sanity that may [...]

Reforming the United Nations:  Mission Impossible?
Thursday, October 22           7 p.m.
Daniel Family Commons, Usdan
Reception to follow
 

Professor Paul M. Kennedy, Dilworth Professor of History and Director of International Security Studies at Yale University, will speak on UN reform to mark Connecticut’s celebration of the 64th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations.
Professor Kennedy is an [...]

 
Mainlehwon Ebenezer Vonhm Benda
Founder and Director, Center for Peace Education, Monrovia, Liberia

Born and raised in Liberia, Mainlehwon Ebenezer Vonhm Benda fled the country during the height of the civil war and lived as a refugee in several West African nations, before getting the opportunity to pursue his education in the United States. After ten years [...]

Dahr Jamail Speaks!
“Independent Media, Foreign Occupation, and the G.I. Resistance Movement”
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featuring Singer/Songwriter
David Rovics
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Monday, September 21, 7:30 p.m.
Memorial Chapel, Wesleyan University
Award-winning independent journalist, Dahr Jamail, will speak about his experiences as an unembedded journalist living in occupied Iraq that culminated in his breakthrough biographical book, Beyond the Green [...]